I NAME WAS PICKING ROCK AND STRAINED HIS LEFT TESTICLE.
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MSHA record for No 1 (mine ID 1512961). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 16
- Years on record
- 1983–1988
- Latest incident
- Feb 1988
- Buck Coal Inc 1981 to 1981
- F Taylor Mining Corp 1981 to 1987
- Wilderness Coal Inc 1987 to 1987
- Rough Branch Mining Inc 1987 to present
No 1 sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% of county employment.
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Reportable incidents
16 on file1988 · 1 incident
1987 · 2 incidents
I.NAME SAYS A Y9AR AGO HE STRAIINED HIS LEFT TESTICLE IT IS GETTING WORSE
CAP COAL WAS ST3CKING TO THE ROOF AND FELL ON EMPLOYEE LEFT ARM.
1986 · 2 incidents
KETTLE BOTTOM D9AW ROCK FELL HWILE DRILLING BOLT HOLE TO INSTALL BOLT AND ROCK HIT HIS THUMB LEFT AND BROKE IT
SCOOP HIT ROOF 6OLTER POT AND BROKE LIGHT HOUSING OFF AND THE LIGHT HOUSING BRLKE HIS ANKLE
1985 · 1 incident
CLIMBING OFF COAL DRILL AND TWISTED KNEE ON BLOCK OF COAL.
1984 · 3 incidents
ROCK FALL MEASURING 36 INCH HIGH 1, FT WIDE AND 65 FT LONG NO 7 ENTRY.
ROCK FALL MEASURING 42" HIGH 20\ WIDE 26\ LONG IN SEC TION WORKED IN 12 MONTH OF 1982 NO ONE WAS INJURED
LIFTING ROCK AND ROCK BROKE PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.
1983 · 7 incidents
ROCK FALL 18\ X 26\ X 38\\ HIGH.NO ONE WAS INJURED.
NO DAMAGE
ROOF BOLT STEEL GOT AWAY FROM EMPL AND HIT LEFT WRIST,LEFT WRIST BROKEN.
ROOF FALL BEFORE MEN ENTERED MINE TO BEGIN SHIFT.FALL DISCOVERED BY FOREMAN WHEN MAKING PRE-SHIGFT CHECK.
HE WAS PULLING ROCK WITH A SLATE BAR WHEN A ROCK WHICH HAD LODGED FELL HIT THE BAR & THE BAR HIT LEFT HAND, PUNCTURED HIS HAND & FRACTURED & CHIPPED BONE BONE IN HIS HAND.
NO DAMAGE,NO INJURY
HE WAS PULLING ROCK AND HURT HIS BACK.